Outliers? Or are you just saying that Blue Cities have a problem?
Look at Missouri - solid red except the counties that encompass STL and KC, which happen to be two of the deadliest cities in the nation - those cities account for less than half the state's population but over 70% of our murders.
Right -- You can't trust a fellow employee to remember their own user name, or small basics like not stuffing paper towels down a toilet, so it totally makes sense that you see no problem with having every untrained, undocumented idiot brandish a firearm in the cubicle next to you.
Err...well, if you want to get a CC (Carry Concealed) license in most states, you have to first take training classes, learn the laws, and show a proficiency with you firearm before you can get said carry license.
I'm pretty sure members of the "herp-a-derp untrained idiots" thoughtcamp are just projecting their own self-loathing on the rest of the world.
That, or they're too stupid to see the forest for the trees, but I prefer to give folks a little more credit than that.
I had one of the first 500 gmail accounts; back when it was invite-only, Google assured us they wouldn't snarf our data; that was back when "Don't Be Evil" was actually half-assed believable.
It's not a "rosy view" so much as "what I experienced as an early adopter."
You know they are remotely storing metadata about what it scans.
This; pretty sure Google made the same assurances when they first started scanning everything in your Gmail account... wasn't long before "we're just checking for viruses" turned in to "all your data is belong to us."
Illegal aliens pay rent, which landlords use to pay property tax.
Whereas American citizens, like the landlord, pay rent and taxes. So the illegals still aren't paying their share the way a citizen does.
The justification for public funding of education is that we all benefit from an educated populace. The children of many illegals were born in American, and are American citizens. They have just as much right to go to school are your kids do. Even for children not born here, we are all better off with them in school and learning.
Totally different argument, and I agree with this one.
I think of it this way - Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and zero guns in private hands. In fact if you look up the list of countries ranked by suicide rate, most of the nations that outrank the US in terms of suicides per capita are places with extreme restrictions on private firearm ownership. So based on the statistics that are available it seems there is a strong lack of correlation between private ownership of firearms and suicide rates.
To wit: Guns are messy, shooting yourself is a frightening concept, pills are far more available to far more people than guns, and with pills "you just go to sleep."
What are the dry-to-be countries in the area do, then?
War. Which is exactly what would happen if there isn't some form of offset such as China selling crops at a greatly reduced price to those areas and so on.
Yea... and we think resource wars over oil are vicious...
It's really hard to keep people from committing suicide.
In many cases the urge to act passes relatively quickly. Removing or reducing access to an easy and immediate way to commit suicide reduces the number of people who actually succeed in committing suicide.
And you base this claim on what scientific studies or industry experience?
Personally, I've been down that road and barely survived. Suicidal thoughts aren't something that just pop in your head and right back out. I spent years fighting with depression and suicidal ideations myself, and I know I'm far from alone.
On top of that, the guy was dead, and legally thus far your human rights evaporate upon death.
That is patently not true, although I have been hearing rumblings of it recently.
When you die, your rights pass on to your next-of-kin, and it has always been this way. Otherwise, upon a person's death the government (or anyone else for that matter) could legally seize all property that was under said deceased person's name.
Yes, you are very confused. His 'mowing down group of people' and 'stabbing spree' caused only injuries. The only person to die was Artan who got shot.
So what you're saying is that a good guy with a gun...
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No I think he is saying you are an idiot. Urban centers have a higher population density and thus a higher likely hood of things like this happening.
Sounds to me like urban dwellers are the real idiots.
New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, etc.
Outliers? Or are you just saying that Blue Cities have a problem?
Look at Missouri - solid red except the counties that encompass STL and KC, which happen to be two of the deadliest cities in the nation - those cities account for less than half the state's population but over 70% of our murders.
Err...well, if you want to get a CC (Carry Concealed) license in most states, you have to first take training classes, learn the laws, and show a proficiency with you firearm before you can get said carry license.
I'm pretty sure members of the "herp-a-derp untrained idiots" thoughtcamp are just projecting their own self-loathing on the rest of the world.
That, or they're too stupid to see the forest for the trees, but I prefer to give folks a little more credit than that.
So... never, then.
Great plan.
I had one of the first 500 gmail accounts; back when it was invite-only, Google assured us they wouldn't snarf our data; that was back when "Don't Be Evil" was actually half-assed believable.
It's not a "rosy view" so much as "what I experienced as an early adopter."
YMMV.
There's more to being educated than rote memorization and repetition.
You know they are remotely storing metadata about what it scans.
This; pretty sure Google made the same assurances when they first started scanning everything in your Gmail account... wasn't long before "we're just checking for viruses" turned in to "all your data is belong to us."
The phrase actually starts with "Easier," not "Better."
Makes a world of difference.
Illegal aliens pay rent, which landlords use to pay property tax.
Whereas American citizens, like the landlord, pay rent and taxes. So the illegals still aren't paying their share the way a citizen does.
The justification for public funding of education is that we all benefit from an educated populace. The children of many illegals were born in American, and are American citizens. They have just as much right to go to school are your kids do. Even for children not born here, we are all better off with them in school and learning.
Totally different argument, and I agree with this one.
I do a fair amount of wood-working, so I know of a handful of species that require special handling; Maple isn't one of them.
As long as you use the product somewhere other than California though you're probably safe.
That's why I haven't moved to California, I don't want cancer.
With that comment, you have made my day, and I thank you for it!
A defective power steering pump isn't a life-ender by any means, but something that I would be pretty pissed about on my $90K luxury car.
I bought a 5' chunk of maple 1x2 and it had the same label.
Trees cause cancer in California... well now I've seen everything.
I think of it this way - Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and zero guns in private hands. In fact if you look up the list of countries ranked by suicide rate, most of the nations that outrank the US in terms of suicides per capita are places with extreme restrictions on private firearm ownership. So based on the statistics that are available it seems there is a strong lack of correlation between private ownership of firearms and suicide rates.
To wit: Guns are messy, shooting yourself is a frightening concept, pills are far more available to far more people than guns, and with pills "you just go to sleep."
What are the dry-to-be countries in the area do, then?
War. Which is exactly what would happen if there isn't some form of offset such as China selling crops at a greatly reduced price to those areas and so on.
Yea... and we think resource wars over oil are vicious...
It's really hard to keep people from committing suicide.
In many cases the urge to act passes relatively quickly. Removing or reducing access to an easy and immediate way to commit suicide reduces the number of people who actually succeed in committing suicide.
And you base this claim on what scientific studies or industry experience?
Personally, I've been down that road and barely survived. Suicidal thoughts aren't something that just pop in your head and right back out. I spent years fighting with depression and suicidal ideations myself, and I know I'm far from alone.
On top of that, the guy was dead, and legally thus far your human rights evaporate upon death.
That is patently not true, although I have been hearing rumblings of it recently.
When you die, your rights pass on to your next-of-kin, and it has always been this way. Otherwise, upon a person's death the government (or anyone else for that matter) could legally seize all property that was under said deceased person's name.
Pretty sure Thomas Jefferson did.
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem
Molon Labe, bitch.
Oh, wait, lemme guess - you're only for gun confiscation as long as someone else is the person risking their lives to take guns from people.
Sounds about right.
The issue isn't "keeping retards" from getting guns. The problem is that WHATEVER gun rights restrictions get enacted is NEVER ENOUGH.
Not true - If you were to get gun deaths down to similar rates-per-ten-thousand that you see in Canada, the UK, Australia,.
It's really hard to keep people from committing suicide.
Because police officers are always good guys?
If you're not using a scrotal imprint you're doing it wrong.
What's your address? I want to be one of the first looters on site when you croak.
A lot of people seem to have forgotten that parallel construction is a thing.
Yes, you are very confused. His 'mowing down group of people' and 'stabbing spree' caused only injuries. The only person to die was Artan who got shot.
So what you're saying is that a good guy with a gun...
It's only dangerous to be a cop when cops act dangerously.